“People” magazine’s list of the 25 most intriguing people of the year includes Pedro Pascal, Margot Robbie, NFL mom Donna Kelce, and, of course, Taylor Swift.
Taylor Swift was named “Time” magazine’s Person of the Year . . . obviously. And she has a message for her enemies: Quote, “Trash takes itself out every single time.” Here’s a Taylor Swift – Kenny Chesney story you may already know . . . or not. At least not the whole thing. Taylor brought it up during her Person of the Year interview with “Time”. It happened when she was 17 and booked as an opener on Kenny’s tour. She was beyond excited because it was, in her words, “going to change my career.” And then . . . a complication. A couple weeks later she learned that the tour was being sponsored by a beer company, and she was too young to join. She was devastated. Here comes the cool part. A few months after that, at her 18th birthday party, Kenny’s rep gave her a card, and inside it read, “I’m sorry that you couldn’t come on the tour, so I wanted to make it up to you.” With the note was a check. “It was for more money than I’d ever seen in my life. I was able to pay my band bonuses. I was able to pay for my tour buses. I was able to fuel my dreams.” Kenny hit up Instagram with throwback photos of himself and Taylor . . . while “proudly” congratulating her for being Person of the Year.
Garth Brooks is one of the surprise guests of the “Spinal Tap” sequel. (Along with Paul McCartney and Elton John.) They won’t start filming until February but that didn’t stop somebody from asking Garth to share details. He said he CAN’T say anything because he’s been “sworn into secrecy and silence.” Then he added, “I will tell you this. If you think you have laughed before, Jiminy Christmas. [It’s] gonna be neat to be a part of it.”
Jon Pardi is changing things up this Christmas with his first animated music video – “Beer For Santa.” Jon said, “It just feels old school and classic like how you used to watch ‘Rudolph’ and the other holiday cartoons, but with a new and slightly more mature twist on it,” Pardi said. “Loved the video and how it turned out. This song is so fun to sing live in the show, but this was a totally different way to experience it.” He hopes people watch the music video and get an idea of his “Merry Christmas From Jon Pardi” album.
Last night four-time Grammy Award winner Keith Urban and Country Music Hall of Fame member Vince Gill returned to Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena to host All for the Hall benefit concert for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. The concert featured a lineup of performers, including Kelsea Ballerini, Ernest, Riley Green, Mickey Guyton, Hardy, Old Dominion, The War And Treaty, Trisha Yearwood, and Country Music Hall of Fame members Brenda Lee, Brooks & Dunn and Patty Loveless. This year’s show raised more than $900,000 in support of the nonprofit museum’s education programs, which is the largest amount raised in the history of the Nashville event. This was the eighth All for the Hall concert organized by Keith. During the concert, which was themed “The Song Remembers When,” artists performed a song that defined a memorable moment in their life, in addition to one of their own songs. Urban and Gill joined many of the artists onstage throughout the evening.
Jordan Davis’ favorite Christmas gift from his childhood was his first bike with pegs on it. It was a silver Dyno GT.
There supposedly won’t be a “Barbie” sequel . . . but could there be a Ken spin-off?
Jennifer Lopez will star in a film adaptation of the musical version of “Kiss of the Spiderwoman”.
Sara Bareilles is 44.
Sunny Sweeney is 47. “From a Table Away” and “Bottle By My Bed”.
Terrell Owens is 50. NFL Hall of Famer.
Larry Bird is 67. Basketball legend.
Priscilla Barnes is 69. Terri on “Three’s Company”, one of Jack and Janet’s blonde roommates who joined the show after Suzanne Somers left.
Johnny Bench is 76. Hall of Fame catcher.
Ellen Burstyn is 91. Linda Blair’s mom in “The Exorcist”.
